Jogger attacked on the Northwest Side

Updated 8:12 am, Sunday, January 19, 2014

SAN ANTONIO — Police are on the hunt for a man who attacked a female jogger on the Northwest Side late Friday night.

According to police, a woman said she was running around 10 p.m. in the Leon Creek Greenway Park near Babcock Road and Spring Rain Drive when a man wearing a ski mask attacked her.

Police said the woman was able to fight the man off and call police.

The man was described as having a tattoo of a spider on his neck.

The woman escaped with minor injuries.

Police said the suspect has not yet been located.

The attack occurred just a few miles from O.P. Schnabel Park, also part of the Leon Creek Greenway, where 24-year-old Lauren Bump was slain on New Year's Eve. A suspect has been charged and is in custody.